Monday, December 10, 2012

Breaking News: ESPN reporting Mike MacIntyre to be named Colorado coach ... Temple would be wise to scoop up Pete Lembo, Dave Clawson or Mario Cristobal now ...John Latina (left) has the persistence of Harold Stassen.

Clawson has the Midas Touch wherever he goes and Temple fans would give thumbs up to that choice

You can say a lot of things about the current coaching candidates at Temple University but John Latina holds the patent on the word perserverance.
Latina is the Harold Stassen of Temple head coaching candidates. Stassen, a former Mayor of Philadelphia, ran for President of the United States in 1944, 48, 52, 64, 68, 76, 84, 88 and 92.
For reasons known only to him, like Stassen, Latina keeps throwing his hat into the ring and Temple keeps humoring him (and maybe themselves) by interviewing the guy.
Latina applied for the Temple head coaching job when Arians left, when Jerry Berndt left, when Ron Dickerson left, when Bobby Wallace left and when Al Golden left.
Latina must know by now he has no shot but keeps applying anyway, even enlisting Bruce Arians' support this time.

Clawson's plusses:
1. Head coach and has been CEO of a program and terrific on game day
2. Won everywhere he's been
3. Coached in the Philly area before
4. Beat Addazio with half of Daz's talent

Sorry, John, I'd rather have Bruce as Temple's next head coach but I know that has the same chance of happening as you getting the job.
In Mystery Science Theater, there was once a great line about Harold Stassen: "You'll never win. You'll always lose. You're Harold Stassen."
To me, guys like Latina and Ohio State running backs' coach Stan "Definitely Not The Man" Drayton throwing their hats into the ring only serve to muddle up the process.
They have to know they are not getting the job, but wasting Temple's time interviewing them does not do the Owls any favors. Temple needs to move and move now.
My favorite guy for the job is current Bowling Green head coach Dave Clawson.
I wrote on Saturday that either Mike MacIntrye or Clawson were 1 and 1A but I wasn't sure which was the 1 and which was the A.

SI's Pete Thamel is on top of the search.

After careful analysis of their coaching histories, now I am.
Clawson has the Midas Touch wherever he goes. As an offensive coordinator at Villanova, Clawson was 12-1. As Fordham head coach, that school had its best season since Vince Lombardi. As Richmond head coach, he stockpiled enough talent for Mike London that the Spiders won the FCS National Championship. MacIntrye really did it at only one place. MacIntrye also has a "George O'Leary" issue, listing being a two-time defensive coordinator at Temple University (1997 and 1998) on his resume (from the official San Jose State website). MacIntyre was never the defensive coordinator at Temple. He was the defensive backs coach. Ron McCrone was the defensive coordinator in 1997 and Raymond Monica was the defensive coordinator in 1998.

USA Today chimes in on the Temple job.

Clawson has no such credibility issues. Now, at Bowling Green, he has the Falcons in what was once the Eagle Bank Bowl playing MacIntyre and San Jose State. I hope now neither guy shows up for the game.
With MacIntrye at Colorado, and Temple leaning toward hiring a guy with head-coaching experience, Clawson is clearly No. 1 and Mario Cristobal is No. 2.
There's a big dropoff to No. 3 and you should need a parachute to get to guys like Drayton, Latina and former Owl defensive coordinator Mark D'Onofrio.

2 comments:

"With Clawson as their offensive coordinator, Tennessee suffered its worst statistical offensive season in over 30 years."

He then went 16-16 in-conference against fellow MAC opponents. No thanks. Can't make a big splash playing in the kiddie pool. Clawson is regression. We need Diaco but he will get a BIG10 job, so he's out. I don't have much faith in finding the perfect candidate anymore...

You can say Clawson's experience in Tenn. (only 1 year) was Phil Fulmer's fault because Fulmer was a micro-manager (ala AG with MR).I think his experience as offensive coordinator at Villanova is more indicative of his ability. He was there multiple years and the Cats turned the scoreboard into an adding machine.Andy Talley, unlike Fulmer, is known for giving his coordinators freedom.He was better each year at BGSU.He's a much bigger splash (and better fit, more importantly) than MR, MDO, Todd B., Mario C.I'll take him or Pete Lembo any day, but I have not heard of Lembo being interviewed.

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